Summary on Springboard Development

By Mary Hsieh and Peggy Shen

Springboard Software Development

Generic Applications: Applications that execute from Handspring’s internal memory – i.e. utilities

Generic Applications on a Springboard Module: Applications that execute from Springboard module without downloading and installing of software – i.e. game cartridges

Special Purpose Applications: Applications that execute from the module itself and supports the additional hardware on the module itself – i.e. GSM card

Design Specs – Block Diagram of the Slot Interface

Design Specs – Mechanical Info

Design Specs – Summary of Pin Functions

Design Specs – Write Cycle

Design Specs – Read Cycle

Conclusion

We are developing a Special Purpose ApplicationWe need the hardware specs so that we can use it

with the Excimer board– Excimer board would be the prototype of the module– The diode would have to interface with the board

We need to develop the software to support the data that we gather– The software would need to plot the data– The software would also need to support the hardware

Plan

Peggy and I will take care of the software part– Write C code with Code Warrior that would plot the

data– Save the raw data in Palm database format– Work with Jay and Dennis on the interface between

the PDA and the board Jerome and Renuka will take care of the laser

diode and other related hardware Jay and Dennis will take care of the Excimer

board

Misc

We would need a blank module to help us with the PDA/Excimer board interface

We may need some re-programmable modules so we may start on the software portion

Bibliography – http://www.handspring.com/developers/

Devkit2/Springboard_Development_Guide.pdf